Boyd Tonkin

Mediterranean Gothic: The Sleepwalkers, by Scarlett Thomas, reviewed

Thomas tells her tale of a hellish honeymoon on a Greek island with the cunning of an Aegean sorceress, keeping her readers pleasurably unsettled and alert

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issue 13 April 2024
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  • The Sleepwalkers

    Scarlett Thomas

    Scribner, pp. 292, £16

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